Franklin Mint, Last Of The Big Spenders

Call it pure brilliance or a brilliant gimmick, but I've combined the two types of music that I'm into that drives people nuts. Those types being Dancehall from the 90s and pure Houston chopped and screwed jams. All vinyl and all slowed up so you can ride all day and bang til the wheels fall off, rude bwoy. BLAAAAAOOOW!!! BARREL MEK IT HOTT!

Sister Nancy.....Bam Bam
Tanya Stephens.....Choppa
Cobra.....Gangsters Don't Bow
Beenie Man.....Don't Dis Me
Version......X FILE
Daddy Screw.....Know The Day A Come
Version......Street Sweeper
Josey Wales.....Clothes Get Common
Beenie Man.....Battery Dolly
Lady Saw.....No Pay
Bounty Killer & Tanya Stephens.....Cry & A Bawl
Version......Overdose
Beenie Man.....Ole Taker
Tanya Stephens.....Rigormortis
Lady Saw.....Man Inna Mi House
Buju Banton.....Heads Roll
Ward 21.....Haters
Boom Dandimite.....Drop Top
Sean Paul.....Enemy
Version.....Gin & Juice
Round Head, General B, Nitty Kutchie.....Kill A Sound
Round Head.....Highest Grade
Beenie Man.....Bumbo Claat
Lady Saw.....No Matta Me
Lady Saw.....Eh Em
Beenie Man.....Ban Mi Fi De Truth
Tanya Stephens.....Tata
Bounty Killer.....Mama
Chaka Demus & Pliers.....Pretty Robber
The Heptones......Book Of Rule

Sheesh.So here it is.....Lots of new wax and a divergence into drunken favorites. Lone Star Beer fo LYFE!!!

Curtis Mayfield.....Right On For The Darkness
Skull Snaps.....It's A New Day
Duke Williams & The Extremes.....Chinese Chicken
The Chi-Lites.....(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
Parliament.....Unfunky U.F.O.
Thin Lizzy.....Johnny The Fox
Johnny Hammond.....Rock Steady
Roberta Flack.....Compared To What?
The Supremes.....Reflections
Stevie Wonder.....Be Cool, Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together)
Garland Green.....I Can't Believe You Quit Me
The Jam.....A Town Called Malice
The English Beat......Two Swords
The Specials......Blank Expression
Elvis Costello.....Waiting For The End Of The World
The Standells.....Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
The Searchers.....Needles and Pins
The Dave Clark Five.....Bits and Pieces
The Blues Magoos......Gotta Get Away
The Music Machine.....Masculine Intuition
The Impressions......Keep On Pushin'
Gladys Knight & The Pips.....Help Me Make It Through The Night
Eddie Floyd......Big Bird
The Radients.....Hold On
Rare Earth......Get Ready
Edwin Starr......Agent Double-O Soul
Aretha Franklin.....The House That Jack Built
Otis Redding.....Respect
The Temptations.....Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Ike & Tina.....Can't Chance A Break Up
Ike & Tina.....Tell The Truth
The Impressions.....You Always Hurt Me
Wayne Talbert.....Lover To A Friend
The Temptations.....It's Your Thing

I fucked around and erased all of my previous podcasts that I had stored. Oops.
Here's the first of what I will call "The New Ones"
Hip hop that I like and some classic breaks from my UB&B records. (except the Bill Withers jam. I got like four copies of that)

The Jimmy Castor Bunch.....Troglodyte
Brand Nubian.....Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down (remix)
Black Moon....Act Like You Want It
KRS ONE.....Sound Of The Police
MOP.....Ante Up (remix)
The Beatnuts.....Reign Of The TEC
Showbiz & AG.....Silence Of The Lambs (remix)
Mobb Deep.....Shook Ones (part II)
Nas....If I Ruled The World (inst.)
Nas.....Street Dreams
Smoothe The Hustler....Hustler's Theme
Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles....Scram
The Beatnuts....No Escapin This
The Beatnuts....Se Acabo
BIG PUN....I'm Not A Player
Kurious.....I'm Kurious
Brand Nubian.....Wake Up
Method Man feat. Mary J Blige....You're All I Need To Get By
Bill Withers....Kissing My Love
The Honeydrippers.....Impeach The President
The Headhunters....God Made Me Funky
Lyn Collins.....You Can't Love Me If YouDon't Respect Me
Joe Tex....Papa Was Too
The Jimmy Castor Bunch.....Promise To Be True

Here it is, freaks. I'm guessing that half of you are gonna poo-poo this and the other half are going to be wildly bogle-ing in the streets all jacked up offa de riddims rite heer. Bo!
Lick a lone shot for Heavy Barrel Top Shottas inna de area!!

Bounty Killer....Mama
Beenie Man....Don't Dis Me
Sizzla....Have Your Own
Buju Banton....Heads Roll
Lady Saw....Man Inna Mi House
Mr. Vegas....Heads High
Beenie Man....Bookshelf
Lady Saw....No Matta Me
Sean Paul....Deport Dem
Version....Black Widow (mix cut)
Ward 21....Haters
Bounty Killer....Who Send Dem
Capelton....Tour
General Degree....Run Him Like Goat
Lady Saw....Ride A Yu Life
Beenie Man....Bombo Claat
Supercat.....Dem No Care
Supercat....Ghetto Red Hot
Supercat....Scalp Dem
Bounty Killer....Eyes A Bleed
Buju Banton....How It Ago Go
Sizzla....Be Strong
Ranking Devon....Pass The Chalice In A Circle
Sly & Robbie....Taxi Riddim

I've been hella busy since getting back to work, but I've still managed to buy a bunch of records in my free time. Here's a sampling of the 45s I've picked up as of late. This will probably be it on the soul 45s for a while because I've picked up a silly amount of hip hop, R&B and dancehall stuff recently so be on the lookout for that. (tons of 90s joints!!) As always, I hope you dig thiese tunes cuz I sure do. BARREL MEK IT HOT!!!!

Ramsey Lewis.....Wade In The Water
The Ronettes....Do I Love You?
The Marvelettes....Locking Up My Heart
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas....I Promise To Wait, My Love
Joe Simon....Come On And Get It
Tyrone Davis....Is It Something You've Got
Tyrone Davis....We Got A Love No One Can Deny
Wilson Pickett....634-5789
Percy Sledge....Sugar Puddin'
Eddie Floyd....Holding On With Both Hands
Eddie Floyd....Sweet Things You Do
Joe Tex....C.C. Rider
Ike & Tina Turner....Can't Chance A Break Up
The Temptations....Aint Too Proud To Beg
Soul Survivors....Expressway To Your Heart
Stevie Wonder....Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Melodyaires....Daniel
The Staple Singers....Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
Bill Withers....Harlem
Garland Green....I Can't Believe You Quit Me
The Impressions....We're A Winner
James Brown....Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part 1)
Rufus Thomas....Do The Funky Chicken
Funkadelic....I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing
The Rolling Stones....Let's Spend The Night Together
The Rolling Stones.....Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones....Brown Sugar
The Zombies....She's Not There

AWWWWWWW YEEEEAAH!! Here's another blast of fresh and funky 45s from the Heavy Barrel arsenal. You WILL have a good time when you get down with this. Not responsible for injuries incurred while doing the Slide, Pony, Jerk, Cool Jerk, Camel Walk, or Watusi. All backbone slipping performed at owners risk.

Jive Bombers....Bad Boy
James Brown....Cold Sweat (part 1)
The Sweet Inspirations....I'm Blue
Stevie Wonder....Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares
Tyrone Davis....Without You In My Life
Jimmy Ruffin....Baby,I've Got It
The Dramatics....Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
The Chi-Lites....(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
The Persuaders....You Must Have Put Something In Your Love
Cold Grits....Bring It On Home To Me
Gladys Knight & The Pips....The Nitty Gritty
Etta James....Tell Mama
The Fabulous Flippers....The Harlem Shuffle
Jay & The Techniques....Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars....Clinging To The Thought That She's Coming Back
Jay & The Techniques....Here We Go Again
Rotary Connection....Aladdin
Hole In The Wall....Blue Turns To Grey
The Box Tops....Soul Deep
The Kinks....All Day And All Of The Night
The Blues Magoos....Gotta Get Away
Strawberry Alarm Clock....Incense And Peppermints
The Music Machine....The People In Me
The Grass Roots....Midnight Confessions
Aretha Franklin....Spanish Harlem
Aretha Franklin....Baby I Love You
Wilson Pickett...Ninety-Nine And A Half (Wont Do)
The Chambers Brothers....If You Want Me To
The Chi-Lites....Stoned Out Of My Mind
The Impressions....Check Out Your Mind
The Dramatics....(Gimme Some) Good Soul Music
Titus Turner....Do You Dig It?

So here it is. I've wanted to get this one together for a while now so I finally got around to it. All Prince and Prince affiliates. I wanted to give Morris and Jerome some light so I included "777-9311" and "Mutiny" which were written by Moris and Jerome respectively. The Kid produced them though and the rest is pure PURPLE, yo. I wanted to include some jams that I always have thought to be sort of overlooked so there's quite a few b-sides and deeper album joints. Lots of hits as well, closing naturally with "Purple Rain". So break out your blouses, lace gloves, high heeled boots and taco meat chest hair and hook us up with some PANCAKES!!
Tell 'em Camille and Jamie Starr said so.

* Sign O' The Times
* If I was Your Girlfriend
* Erotic City
* 17 Days
* 777-9311 (The Time)
* Sex Shooter (Apollonia 6)
* Mutiny (The Family)
* 'Eye' No
* My Name Is Prince
* Irresistible Bitch
* Automatic
* Uptown
* I Wanna Be Your Lover
* Controversy
* I Feel For You
* Kiss
* In Love
* When You Were Mine
* Anotherloverholeinyohead
* Sometimes It Snows In April
* Free
* Purple Rain

Alla dem unnu run come inna Heavy Barrel yard!! Big time chunes onna dem ones an twos!! Roots rockers to dancehall classics!! Fahget unnu cares anna put fiya inna de air!! Barrel mek it hotta!!

BO!BO!BO! BLUCK!BLUCK! ETC.ETC.etc.etc.

Buju Banton....Our Father In Zion/Hills And Valleys
Third World....Uptown Rebel
Black Uhuru....Carbine
The Mighty Diamonds....Gnashing Of Teeth
Culture....Innocent Blood
Sugar Minott....Ready Or Not
Burning Spear....Marcus Garvey
Itopia Band....Book Of Rules
Desmond Dekker & The Aces....Shanty Town (007)
George Dekker....Time Hard
Rita Marley....One Draw
Josey Wales....Stick Of Sensimilla
Jah Faith....Bun A One
Brigadier Jerry....Ram Dance Master
Frankie Paul....Posse Run Come
Michael Prophet....No Call Me John Boops
Chaka Demus & Pliers....Pretty Robber
Sister Nancy....Bam Bam
Bounty Killer....Gun Down
Capleton....Don't Dis The Trinity
Bounty Killer feat. Pinchers....Twenty One
Supercat....Scalp Dem
Mr. Vegas....Heads High
Beenie Man....Wicked Slam
Supercat....Ghetto Red Hot
Cutty Ranks....Pon Pause
Patra....Ambition
Bounty Killer feat. The Fugees....Hip Hopera (Mr. Punk)
Bounty Killer feat. Jeru The Damaja....Suicide Or Murder
Bounty Killer feat. Raekwon....War Face (Ask Fi War)
Capleton....Nah Bow

AAWLREADY!

Just in time for Summer, yo. Guaranteed ideal soundtrack for all manner of ballin', pimpin, corner bendin', grindin', etc......you know the deal. Get this into the system of your hawg, slab, donk, box, OR bubble and they'll hear you coming from like 50 blocks away. You already know. By the time you finish listening to this, you will literally ooze candy paint from your pores. (cannot be guaranteed) Enjoy, li'l whodie.

Ciara feat. Ludacris....Oh
Crime Mob feat. Mike Jones....I Shine Cause I Grind
Bonecrusher feat. Lady Ice and Marcus....Grippin The Grain
UGK w/ E-40 & B-Legit....The Corrupter's Execution
8-Ball and MJG....Pimp Hard
Project Pat....Don't Save Her
JR Get Money....Trap All Day
3-6 Mafia feat. Li'l Flip....Ridin Spinners
Rich Boy feat. Andre 3000, Jim Jones, Nelly, Murphy Lee & The Game....Throw Some D's (remix)
Society Of Soul....Pushin
Goodie Mob feat. 8-Ball & MJG....Soul Food (remix)
Killer Mike....A.D.I.D.A.S.
Trick Daddy feat. Chamillionaire & Goldrush....Bet That
Trina feat. Li'l Wayne....Don't Trip
Cash Money Millionaires feat. E- 40....Baller Blockin
Li'l Jon feat. Too Short & Chyna White....Bia' Bia'
Petey Pablo....Raise Up
Tear Da Club Up Thugs....Who The Crunkest
Ludacris feat. Shawnna & Li'l Fate....P-Poppin

Leave it to Heavy Barrel to give to the finest cuts of Grade-A-merican SSOOOOOOUL!! (right on!)

Here we have a funky selection of my favorite soul jams from the 60 and 70s. All on 45. There's not a doubt in my mind that you're gonna find them to be a-ok all day. Get down with it!!

Pauline Shivers....Won't You Come Back Home
Barbara Mason....Keep Him
Jackie Wilson....Whispers (Gettin Louder)
Catfish Knight & The Blue Express....See Saw
Edwin Starr....Agent Double-O Soul
Eddie Floyd....Big Bird
Eldridge Holmes....Pop, Popcorn Children
Rufus Thomas....The Breakdown (Pt. 1)
James Brown....Ain't It Funky Now (Pt. 1)
James Brown....Get On The Good Foot (Pt. 1)
James Brown....I Got Ants In My Pants (Pt. 1)
Booker T. & The M.G.s....Boot-Leg
Bill Withers....Harlem
Staple Singers....Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
Stevie Wonder....Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles....Doggone Right
Eddie Kendricks....Shoeshine Boy
Bettye Swann....Victim Of A Foolish Heart
Percy Sledge....Heart Of A Child
Wilson Pickett....634-5789
Betty Wright....Clean Up Woman
Aretha Franklin....Rock Steady
The Stovall Sisters....Hang On In There
Staple Singers....I'll Take You There
Joe Tex....I Gotcha
Aretha Franklin....The House That Jack Built
Ray Charles....Living For The City
Billy Stewart....Cross My Heart
Gladys Knight & The Pips....The Tracks Of My Tears
The Radients....Hold On

I was pulling out records for this when I started to think "What the hell do I know about 'new wave' anyhow?" The answer was 'Not much' so I just started looking for all of the records I had with bugged out synth and drum machines. Not to mention some FLAVOR hair and makeup jobs. This recording is the result of that search. There's also mad British accents in these jams, so you know it's legit. It even includes literal German techno. Ach du lieber!! I even managed to sneak a breakbeat in there somewheres. Take your ass back to the club.(20 years ago)

The Human League....Seconds
Buggles....I Love You (Miss Robot)
Missing Persons....Windows
The Korgis....Silent Running
Gary Neuman....Films
Kraftwerk....Musique Non Stop
Falco....Einzelhaft
Soft Cell....Sex Dwarf
Sigue Sigue Sputnick....Success!
Duran Duran....Planet Earth
Devo....Freedom Of Choice
Adam & The Antz....Stand & Deliver
A Flock Of Seagulls....I Ran
The B-52s....Strobe Light
The Vapors....Turning Japanese

Whussup freaks. Here's a repost of an exxxtra f-f-frrresh jammie that I recorded last year. It was only up for a couple of days because I mistakenly took it down when I was drunkenly posting a follow up. Cest la vie. I was reminded of it because my wife put me on the phone with one of her students who, apparently, is a thorough B-Boy. He asked me to copy some of the SHITLOAD of breaks that I have on my computer so he and his crew could rock to the classics. I was more than happy to oblige seeing as how I love giving the youngsters a little history lesson whenever I can. To paraphrase Russel Jones.....Franklin Mint is for the CHILDREN!!! So.....in addition to the 100 or so of my favorite breaks that I copied for him, I threw this one into the mix in the hopes of furthering a discourse regarding the roots of hip hop with this kid. I hope he likes it. I hope you do too. Play this at your next barbeque right at dusk when erryone is pretty faded and you'll know in your heart of hearts that everything is gonna be alright. Peace.

Crash Crew....On The Radio
Funky Four +1....It's The Joint
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde....Genius Rap
Treacherous Three....Action
Eddie D. ....Backstabbin'
Schoolly D....P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)
L.L. Cool J....You'll Rock
Beastie Boys....The New Style
RUN-DMC....Sucker MCs
Roxanne Shante....Roxanne's Revenge
Keith LeBlanc feat. Malcom X....No Sell Out
Whodini....Haunted House Of Rock (vocoder mix)
Paul Hardcastle....Soundchaser
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five....Scorpio
Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force....Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force.....Looking For The Perfect Beat
Cold Crush Brothers....Punk Rock Rap (remix)
Kraftwerk....Tour De France

So the other day, I took requests on Twitter for what my next podcast would be. Out of the overwhelming response, the most interesting one was "new wave" from my boy Dom. Then I was like "What about 80's?" and he was all "Too broad"..........So I intended to do that New Wave podcast,but in the course of getting it all together, I came across a wealth of 80's jams on 45......So here it is....I never even made it to picking thru the 12"s (which is a far more vast collection than the 45s) I promise to get to the new wave one soon but I had to get this out of my system. Now.....what I ask of all of you is to listen to this and know that I honestly like these songs for a variety of reasons. Mostly because they're all good songs and were basically dominating the radio when I was a kid (yeah....I'm old) so I have an attachment to them. That's why I bought them in the first place. (also because they were so cheap...someone had to give them a home) At the very least, tell your older sibling that someone still rocks these jams from time to time. Enjoy.

(really....I promise to do a new-waveish one in the next couple of weeks....right after the "Attack Of Motherfucking PRINCE!!!!" podcast that will make you wear blouses.....REAL TALK, YO.)

The Specials....Do Nothing
Dexy's Midnight Runners....Come On Eileen
Berlin....No More Words
The Human League....Don't You Want Me
Murray Head....One Night In Bangkok
Wang Chung....Dance Hall Days
Eurythmics....Missionary Man
Robert Palmer....Simply Irresistible
Mary Jane Girls....In My House
Sheena Easton....Sugar Walls
Sheila E. ....A Love Bizarre
Chaka Kahn....I Feel For You
Prince....I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Artists United Against Apartheid....Sun City
Culture Club....It's A Miracle
Teena Marie....Square Biz
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam....Lost In Emotion
Jellybean feat. Madonna....Sidewalk Talk
A-Ha....Take On Me
Frankie Goes To Hollywood....Two Tribes
Peter Schilling....Major Tom (Coming Home)
Dead Or Alive....You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Kajagoogoo....Too Shy
Kim Carnes....Bette Davis Eyes
Corey Hart....Sunglasses At Night
Glass Tiger....Don't Forget Me
Glenn Frey....Smuggler's Blues
The Tubes....She's A Beauty
Def Leppard....Photograph
Falco....Rock Me Amadeus
Taco....Puttin On The Ritz
Eddie Murphy....Party All The Time

These are all of the 45s I picked up on this years Record Store Day. In fact, I bought nothing but 45s that day at a couple of different spots. A couple of them are pretty tore up (especially the first one) but I got them anyway because the songs are so cool and they were only a nickel. I tried to put them into some sort of order to further your enjoyment. There's a few bona fide classics on this one so keep your ears peeled. (I guess) DIG IT!!

Otis Leavill....Love Uprising
The Stylistics....You and Me
Little Sister....Stanga
Sly & The Family Stone....Smilin
Denise Lasalle....Keep It Coming
Spinners....One Of A Kind Love Affair
Earth, Wind & Fire....On Your Face
Wilson Pickett....Engine Number Nine
Eldridge Holmes....Pop, Popcorn Children
Freddi/Henchi & The Soul Setters....Funky To The Bone
The Stovall Sisters....Hang On In There
Menahan Street Band....Make The Road By Walking
Menahan Street Band....Bushwick Lullaby
Gladys Knight & The Pips....Midnight Train To Georgia
Hall & Oates....She's Gone
Desmond Dekker & The Aces....Shanty Town (007)
Jah Faith....Bun A One
Mike Post....The Rockford Files
The Angels....My Boyfriend's Back

YOOOOOOOH. Here's a bunch of songs that rap nerds of today cut their rap nerd teeth on. Someone mentioned that I play lots of newer (read:commercial) rap tunes and I tried to explain that you can dig both but they were all "PPSSSHHHHT!!' and I was all "WWHHHHAAAT?" So I dug these gems out. Guaranteed to please all of the old heads out there, it's full of remixes, b-sides and various rare shit. From one rap nerd to another......Enjoy.

(Although loving these jams in no way should prevent you from enjoying newer, less nerdy joints. Open up a little......sheesh, dude.)

A Tribe Called Quest...If The Papes Come
Del....Eye Examination
Casual w/ Souls Of Mischief....That's How It Is (Part II)
Souls Of Mischief....Lethal Dosage
J-Live....Braggin' Writes (Domecracker Remix)
Boogiemonsters....Recognized Thresholds Of Negative Stress
The Lootpack....Attack Of The Tupperware Puppets
Jungle Brothers....How Ya Want It?
Al Tariq feat. Psycho Les and Junkyard Juju....Peace Akki
Diamond D feat. Sadat X and Lord Finesse....You Can't Front
Kurious feat. Sadat X and Mike G....Mansion And A Yacht (Baja Panties Mix)
Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles....Scram
Showbiz & A.G.....Fat Pockets
Large Professor....About That Time
Volume 10....Pistolgrip Pump
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo....Ill Street Blues
Capone & Noreaga....L.A., L.A.(Kuwait Mix by Marley Marl)
Black Moon....How Many Emcees?
The Nonce....Bus Stops
Freestyle Fellowship....Way Cool

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